CUCIDATI - Italian Fig Cookies made by Ola (Filmed by Frank Mazzuca) This delicious Sicilian cookie is often served on March 19, the feast day of St. Joseph, which is an important Italian holiday. We think this traditional Italian cookie makes a nice Christmas treat as well. I found the original recipe in this real ghetto style cookbook but did some modes to make it mine....OLA Directions: 1: For cookie dough, sift flour, baking powder, and salt into a large bowl. 2: Add sugar and stir well. 3: Cut in the shortening with a fork or pastry blender and work the mixture until it looks like corn meal. 4: In a bowl, beat egg, vanilla and milk together. 5: Add egg mixture to the flour mixture and mix with an electric mixer for about 3 minutes until well blended; dough will be soft. 6: (The original recipe says to knead the mixture for 5 minutes on a floured surface, but I find my food processor with a dough blade works great for this step!) Divide the dough into four pieces and wrap each piece with plastic wrap. 7: Refrigerate dough for 45 minutes. 8: To make the filling, grind figs, (dates) and raisins in a food processor until coarse. 9: (If you don't have a food processor, you can chop by hand until coarse) Place chopped figs, (dates) and raisins in a bowl. 10: Add remaining filling ingredients and mix well. 11: (Mixture will be thick) Set aside mixture. 12: Preheat oven to 375°F. 13: Work with one piece of dough at a time, leaving the other pieces of dough in the ... Yamaha Subwoofer Yst Get It Now! Polar Rs200sd Purchase Price Nelson 6000 Sprinkler Head
